Tony is a recipient of the 2001 Los Angeles Music Award, along with Paula Abdul and Gary Busey. Tony is also a composer and is a present member of BMI. He has been a member of Musician's Union Local 47 since 1960.

He is the father of Quentin Tarantino. During a recent interview, the younger Tarantino said: "Well, I never knew my father. That's the thing. I never knew him. He wanted to be an actor. Now he's an actor only because he has my last name. But he was never part of my life. I didn't know him. I've never met him."Secher, Benjamin. , Today online, Feb 12,...Read More